Badlands and the "innocence" of American innocence
The Pianist and Schindler and the hero in disguise
No regrets: Goodfellas and American hardball
Lawrence, Aguirre, and the American imperial movement
Zane Grey and the Borgias: The Third Man and the 2004 Republican ticket
Babette's Feast and the weepie
Fool me twice, shame on me: Saving Private Ryan and the politics of deception
Sacrifice and rage from Nosferatu to Pat Tillman
Chinatown and the tunnel at the end of the light
The Vanishing and American sociopathy: just because you did something doesn't mean you're capable of doing it.
